Doran, Powers Retire as Ford Vice Presidents

16 November 2000
Doran, Powers Retire as Ford Vice Presidents
    DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 16 Wayne S. Doran, the chairman of
Ford Land for 30 years, and William F. Powers, the leader of Ford Motor
Company's research efforts, announced their retirements today as vice
presidents of the auto company, effective Dec. 31.
    "Wayne Doran and Bill Powers worked very effectively over many years to
advance the image and the capabilities of Ford Motor Company," said Ford
President and CEO Jac Nasser.  "Although their fields -- real estate and
research -- are very different, both took on the challenge of our founder,
Henry Ford, to make all endeavors deliver the highest value to the company.
For their entire careers, they have served society as well."
    Doran retires as a vice president of Ford Motor Company and as
chairman of Ford Motor Land Development Corp., a post that was established to
oversee the auto company's strategic and operational real estate ventures.
Doran joined Ford in 1969 and became chairman of Ford Land in 1970.  One of
Ford Land's major projects was the creation of the Fairlane development, a
2,360-acre planned community surrounding many of the corporate buildings in
Dearborn.
    Doran is a trustee of the Urban Land Institute and chairman of the Detroit
Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Commission.  He is a director of the Henry
Ford Health System, the Arizona State University Foundation Board, and is a
member of the PGA Tour Board.  He also serves on the executive board of the
Detroit Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
    Powers retires as vice president - Research, a post he has held since
1996.  He joined Ford in 1979 after a career with NASA, where he worked on the
Saturn rocket and space shuttle programs, and at the University of Michigan,
where he was a professor of aerospace engineering, computer information and
control engineering.
    Powers held many research laboratory positions at Ford and was the
company's first director of Product and Manufacturing Systems for North
America.  In 1989 he was named to oversee Specialty Car Programs.  He was
appointed executive director of Ford Research Labs in 1991, and was given
added responsibility for Information Systems in 1994.  Powers is a member of
the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a foreign member of the Royal
Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.  He also is a director of ITS-America
and the Children's Research Center of Michigan, and serves on other
government, university and society boards.
    Sean McCourt has been named chairman of Ford Land, replacing Doran,
effective Jan. 1, 2001.  McCourt joined Ford Land in 1986 and most recently
served as director, Ford Land-Europe.  Prior to joining the company, he was an
executive with the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.
    A successor to Powers will be the subject of a later announcement.